Hakim-hakim 1:21

1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Hakim-hakim 3:31

3:31 After Ehud ³  came ⁴  Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, ⁵  delivered Israel.

Hakim-hakim 4:16

4:16 Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died ⁶  by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 9:6

9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ⁸  in Shechem.

Hakim-hakim 9:35

9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

Hakim-hakim 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁹  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Hakim-hakim 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹⁰  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹¹  from Bethlehem ¹²  in Judah.

¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “was.”

⁵ tn Heb “also he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “fell.”

⁷ tn Heb “was left.”

⁸ tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

¹¹ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.